Students use professional equipment. Every student in the program gets to work on their own Apple Mac Pro editing station. There are never more than 24 students in a class, so students get their hands on the equipment on a daily basis.

Students must apply what they have learned in class to real-world projects. Students take these projects through all stages of the media production process, from scripting and storyboarding to shooting, editing, and compositing.

High school students from eight districts come to Cuyahoga Valley Career Center to get hands-on training on state-of-the-art equipment to give them an advantage when going to college or entering the workplace after graduation.

Carl (Joe Insana, class of 2014) is sick of being a nobody and hatches a plan to get noticed. With sidekick Harold (Noah Veiram, class of 2014) they train to become super heroes, but Carl goes too far, putting their friendship and possibly the fate of the world (no, not really) in peril. Written and directed by Media Technology instructor Bernie Van Tilburg.

Registration is now open for summer camps here at CVCC, including MOVIE MAKERS. There will be three weeks of Movie Makers this year, two for grades 7-9 and one week for grades 4-6. For more info and to register online go to http://www.cvccworks.edu/CAREERCAMPS.aspx

Joe Insana, class of 2014, has received a scholarship package worth $116,000 to attend Point Park University in Pittsburgh based on the demo reel he presented to them featuring projects he worked on in and outside of class. AWESOME job, Joe! http://www.pointpark.edu/

Alumni from 8 different years of Media Technology showed up on December 20th to catch up with old friends, network with alumni from different years, and share what they have learned with the current seniors. This will be an annual event, so check in next December for the date and time to do it again.

The class of 2014 picked up the tab for the food and learned from those who have gone before them.

We had over 40 prospective students visit the program last night. Thank you to the 28 current students who came in last night to help out with Student and Parent Information Night. That says quite a bit about the program that they were willing to come out on their own time to greet prospective students and answer their questions. Also, thank you to Jimmy Scherer, class of 2011, who stopped in as well.

The class of 2014 got dressed up for industry interviews on November 26th. This was a chance for students to sit down with industry professionals who volunteered their time to share their experiences. Thank you to Matt Eck, Quicken Loans Arena, Bill Johns, Avatar Management Services, Kyle Millen, Cleveland Browns, David Kennedy, Tri-C, Arrye Rosser, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ronald Totherow, F.B.I., George Sipl, George Sipl Productions, Johnny Wu, MDI, Gary Jurist, RCS Corporation, Curtis Moore, Werk House Studios, and Mel Watson, WEWS News Channel 5 for inspiring these young people as they begin their career journeys.

Nicole Bugenske, class of 2013, is now a reporter at TV2, the student television at Kent State University. Freshman usually don’t get the opportunity to be on air, but because of her experience at CVCC and her job shadow at Newschannel 5 in the Spring, Nicole is getting her chance to shine early.

Ryan Colegrove, class of 2013, won two student awards for the Indie Gathering: First place for his music video “BomBom” (in the short film category) and first place for micro film “Awkward Elevator.” Congratulations, Ryan! See the winners list here.

Jason Piszczor, Media Tech Class of 2008 Outstanding Student, graduated in May from Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts, Film and Video. He was Class Valedictorian of the Film and Video Program. He also was on the Dean’s List with a 4.00 grade point average for the Spring 2013 semester. He is currently out in California trying to land that first big job in the film and video industry.

Chris (CJ Hull) has had a crush on Jessie (Samantha Boggs) since seventh grade, but has never done anything about it. When he finds out that he only has twelve hours to live and with his best friend Sean pushing him to pursue, Chris decides to finally take action. However, Jessie's boyfriend Brando (Brandon Truett) may have something to say about that. The entire cast and crew is made up to the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center class of 2014.

Fl@out Productions founders MJ Furillo, class of 2010, and his business partner Michael Jones recently signed a collaborative deal for their Entertainment/Production company Fl@out Productions with record label BrickSquad Monopoly. Check out the promotional video from BrickSquad Monopoly that features a Sneak Peak at one of Fl@out Productions next projects, “Tonight” staring HUEY aka HueHeff. The full video will be seen on MTV Jams soon.